Chapter 320 National Distress and Wealth
The incident in Mongolia has not been spread yet, but after tonight, those women will know about it. In the end, Chang Luohua's ears don't know what it is like. Instead of scaring her at that time, It's better to tell him personally.
Chang Luohua nodded when he heard the words: "The concubine knows that my father has been fighting all the year round, and he can still rule the world in troubled times. Now that our Ming army is at its peak, there will be no problem."
Zhu Biao nodded in satisfaction and said: "Yue Zhang claimed that with 100,000 soldiers, he can run amok, but now there are more than 100,000 soldiers stationed in the north, and I didn't plan to tell you about the small battle, just because I was afraid that you would hear those rumors. "
While the young couple were having dinner, Liu Jin came in and reported: "Your Highness, Chen Youzong, the Minister of General Affairs, is asking to see you."
Zhu Biao directly ordered: "Lead him to the Wenhua Palace, and I will go there in a while."
Liu Jin promised to leave, Zhu Biao still ate his meals in a leisurely manner, and Chang Luohua didn't urge him. Isn't it a favor to ask the ministers to wait for the monarch?
Zhu Biao was thinking about how to speak, too tough is not good, he is not a robber, too gentle is not good, how can the prince beg his courtiers, he can only hope that Chen Youzong will cooperate.
After finishing the meal, Zhu Biao ordered: "I guess it will be very late, you don't have to wait for me, go to sleep early."
Then they left the Chengqian Hall, the maids and eunuchs led the way with lanterns, and the Wenhua Hall was not far away. After entering, they saw Chen Youzong kneeling on the ground, and when Zhu Biao passed by him, he casually asked him to get up without courtesy.
Chen Youzong stood up, and without waiting for Zhu Biao to open his mouth, he said directly: "Your Highness hastened to summon the minister to come, and there must be an order. Please also give the order. The minister must be so heartbroken that he will die!"
Zhu Biao was stunned for a moment. He knew that Chen Youzong was sensible and transparent. He had seen it in Hangzhou, but he didn’t expect to be so good. This is nothing at all.
But he forgot that although Chen Youzong had never been specially summoned, he had already been promoted to the chief of the General Administration Department, directly from the fourth rank to the third rank, which was a step up to the sky.
Official positions are divided into nine grades, from the first grade to the ninth grade, a total of 18 grades, from the first grade to the third grade can be called Tang Shangguan, from the third grade to the seventh grade, called Tang Xiaguan or Shenshangguan, from the seventh grade below To be an official.
From the address, we can know how noble the third grade is. You must know that the first grade is mostly a vain job. The second grade is basically the top of the courtiers, which is the level of the six ministers. In fact, the qualifications are almost the same when they reach the level of the official. Well, in the end, it depends on who is in the heart of the emperor. Shangke is in charge of Zhongshu, who is in charge of six departments of Lijue Bailiao, and Xiake is in charge of one department to assist the government.
At the beginning, Chen Youzong thought that he would have to be in the fourth rank or from the third rank for four or five years to have the chance to lead the first rank. He didn't expect to cross this dragon gate just a few months after entering the court, and he became an important member of one party directly from then on.
Now the Jiangnan family has made it clear that they are looking forward to him, all the officials in the court are obedient, and the colleagues in the court also happily accept him. Even the emperor takes good care of him. Of course he knows who he is relying on face.
He is also a person who has experienced ups and downs in the officialdom. There are so many good people in this world. If everything goes smoothly, it means that they deliberately flatter you.
Zhu Biao's status is too high, he has never been an official, so naturally he doesn't know the way to do it. Responsible for conveying news inside and outside the palace, using outsiders is not at ease.
Zhu Biao saw Chen Youzong's sincere expression, and couldn't help showing a smile on his face: "You know the situation in Mongolia, the court is short of food now..."
Chen Youzong bowed and said: "I still have a lot of food in my house. If I take out all of it, I can make up 200,000 shi. Your Highness is willing to donate it if you need it."
Zhu Biao rubbed his temples, what he said, His Highness’s need is different from the imperial court’s need. It seems that even the Chen family is reluctant to part with 200,000 shi.
But it's normal, that is, the Ministry of Households can't afford 200,000 shi of grain now. One can imagine how rich this is, but this amount of grain is far from enough to plug the gap. .
Zhu Biao nodded and said: "Chen Aiqing is commendable for her loyalty, but how can the imperial court forcefully confiscate your family's food, it is so unethical."
Chen Youzong immediately said: "Isn't it a forced conquest? The minister has been blessed with great grace, and he has long had the heart to repay it. It is a good talk when the court needs to voluntarily donate food. Who dares to talk too much."
Zhu Biao smiled and waved his hand, the same sentence, the court is the builder and maintainer of order, now he is doing business, but once this example is opened, then the princes in the future can squeeze the family and merchants at will. It is not good for social development.
Zhu Biao’s purpose this time is not only to collect food, but also to establish the credibility of the imperial court. The credibility is related to Zhu Biao’s series of plans in the future, and it must not be damaged. For example, the paper money in the future. If you don’t have credibility, how can you make the people willing to take real gold? Silver is replaced by light and fluffy paper.
We can’t go back to the old way, relying on the 80-meter-long sword in Comrade Zhu’s hand, let the world cry and admit that the **** is money, this kind of system will inevitably collapse in time.
To be honest, the reputation of the Ming court was really bad in history. Knowing that the banknote system had collapsed, it was still printing crazily. It was obvious that it relied on this to exploit the aristocratic business community and the people, especially Lao Zhu and Zhu Di. If you know how to manage, you know how to print money wantonly and then kill people. As for the aftermath, I won all the hacking of foreigners. How dare you jump?
Zhu Biao knocked on the table and said: "Your family wealth was saved by your ancestors. The court has no reason to take it for nothing, but the court does have a big gap now. If you don't care about it and transfer it from various places, then the people who have just settled down I can't live anymore."
"My plan is to borrow money from aristocratic merchants in the name of the Ministry of Household Affairs and the Ministry of Internal Affairs. After three years, it will be repaid with new grain and interest. Does Chen Aiqing think it is feasible?"
Chen Youzong frowned and said: "I'm afraid it will be difficult. I don't speak falsehoods in front of Your Highness. Nowadays, food is more valuable than silver. It is a hard currency. There is a shortage in the northern and central plains. As long as it takes time to sell it, there is still a lot of money. Shanxi and Gansu have recently experienced a hundred-day drought, and the rivers and ditches have been cracked and the canals have been cut off. Many people have already transported grain there to prepare to make a fortune.”
Zhu Biao narrowed his eyes for a moment. Sure enough, there were those who dared to make money for the country. This time, a group of them had to be killed. It just so happened that the food could also be withheld and used directly as relief food. The provincial court would waste time on sports, so Then let them ship it.
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(end of this chapter)